Mining in National Parks and Wilderness Areas : Policy, Rules, Activity.

Explains evolution of conflicting and often intractable land use policies related to mining in national parks and wilderness areas. Provides background on general laws establishing national parks and wildernesses. Offers more detailed information on restrictions for mineral exploration and developme...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1996.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Land use. Mines and mineral resources. Mineral industries. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Explains evolution of conflicting and often intractable land use policies related to mining in national parks and wilderness areas. Provides background on general laws establishing national parks and wildernesses. Offers more detailed information on restrictions for mineral exploration and development applied to specific park and wilderness units.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.